Please, walk away from this white pizza style ricotta grilled cheese right now if you don’t like cheese. Seriously, if you’re a hater of melty, gooey goodness, you best leave. Stop reading, hit that little X in the upper right hand corner.
Still with me? Yeah, I thought so. I’m still here too. Sigh … what can I say. Beautiful cheese … it’s a weakness. A glorious weakness.
Today I’ve got something super, duper cheesy. Ridiculously cheesy. Almost too cheesy. And garlicky and herby, too. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich modeled after white pizza. White Pizza Grilled Cheese.
Surely you’ve heard of – and enjoyed – classic white pizza? We’ve got garlic. We’ve got olive oil. We’ve got mozzarella. Maybe some Parmesan, maybe some ricotta, definitely a few herbs like basil or oregano. Slapped on a perfect pizza crust, baked into pure excellence. Simple, straightforward food at its finest.
So, you know, I thought I’d take something perfect and bastardize it a little bit. If I’m breaking any cardinal rules of food, well … I don’t really care, because I’ve discovered a really, really delicious new form of grilled cheese sandwich.
First, you mix whole-milk ricotta cheese with olive oil, minced garlic, fresh basil and oregano, kosher salt, and cracked black pepper. Then you let it marinate for a good long while to let the flavors really develop. Then you spread it on both pieces of bread, and place a thin layer of mozzarella cheese in the middle, and maybe some Parmesan if you’re so inclined.
Rub the outside with a little more garlic, and butter generously.
Then toast until the outside is a perfect, crisp golden brown and the inside …
The inside …
Sorry, I’m a little speechless.
Just … you know. Cheese.
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